BY COUNTY EXECUTIVE ED DAY More than eight months ago I submitted my 2016 county budget to the Legislature, which included the plan to sell the Sain Building in New City for its appraised value: $4 million. The Legislature’s response was to express doubts that anyone would spend $4 million on this eyesore. In December […]
BY DIANE DIMOND The state of Georgia wants Robert Stackowitz back. Now, it is up to the governor of Connecticut whether to extradite the 71-year-old convicted felon so he can serve the remainder of a 17-year prison sentence. Fifty years ago Stackowitz was a brash 21-year-old who, along with two buddies, committed a robbery by […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day I’ve long said that someone was going to die because of the negligence of a slumlord who put profit above safety. Last week, it almost happened. A Spring Valley family was sickened by carbon monoxide poisoning an overcrowded apartment that had already come to the attention of the Rockland […]
To the Editor, I have seen a lot in my time. I traveled the world during honorable wartime service with the Navy. I have raised a family. I have done all I can do to live the American dream and give back to my community. Taking care of your family, community and country is something […]
Open Letter to Governor Cuomo, We are writing as scientists and conservationists concerned about the future of New York’s nuclear power plants. Dealing with climate change requires that 100 percent of our electricity derive from clean, low-carbon energy sources. We thus applaud your efforts to include nuclear in a new, clean energy standard (CES). At […]
Dear Supervisor Monaghan & Stony Point Town Board, As a follow-up to my phone conversation with Supervisor Monaghan re: the pending SUEZ rate hike, I want to request three things: 1. At Stony Point Town Board meeting on Tuesday, June 14 at 7 p.m.: I have requested to be placed on the meeting agenda as […]